OBIT: Betty Mae HILLEGAS, 2002, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  HILLEGAS
    
    Betty Mae Hillegas, 81, of Bethany Christian School, Bethany, Ky.,
  died Nov. 8, 2002 at Bethany Christian School.  Born July 7, 1921 at
  Boynton, she was the daughter of the late Stanford and Elizabeth
  (Holler) Hillegas.  She was preceded in death by one brother, Gale
  "Mike" Hillegas and one sister Doris Will.  She is survived by one
  sister, Tolva Gnagey, Salisbury; two nephews; Preston Gnagey, Tucson,
  Ariz., Terry Hillegas, Salisbury; four nieces, Margie Goetz,
  Salisbury, Glenda Westcoat, Greensburg, Elizabeth Cook, Salisbury,
  Kathy Aumiller, Etters, Pa. Ms. Hillegas was a teacher at Bethany
  Christian School.  She was a graduate of Asbury College, Wilmore, Ky.
  She taught in Salisbury and Greenville Townships, and El Paso, Texas
  for short periods of time.  Ms. Hillegas dedicated her life as a
  Christian Missionary teacher, teaching at Bethany Orphanage, this
  later becoming Bethany Christian School for 50 years.  She was awarded
  teacher of the year for Wolfe County three years ago.  Friends will be
  received at the Newman Funeral Home, Inc., 9168 Mason-Dixon Hwy.,
  Salisbury, Sunday from 4 to 9 p.m.  Services will be conducted at the
  funeral home, Monday at 11 a.m. with Rev. Ruth S. Kershner and Rev.
  Paul L. Westcoat officiating.  Interment will be in the Salisbury
  Cemetery. Contributions may be directed to Bethany Christian School.
  
  Daily American, November 9, 2002
  
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  HILLEGAS
    
    Funeral Service for Betty M. Hillegas, 81, of Bethany, Ky., will be
  held at 11 a.m. at Newman Funeral Home, Inc., 9168 Mason-Dixon
  Highway, Salisbury, with the Rev. Ruth S. Kershner and the Rev. Paul
  L. Westcoat officiating.  Interment will be in the Salisbury Cemetery.
  Miss Hillegas was a member of the Somerset Church of the Nazarene.
  
  Daily American  Nov. 11, 2002
  
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